BOOM TOWN : Ketchikan in the 1950s
Title:
Ketchikan Garden Club "Hat Parade" 1955
Photographer:
Paulu T. Saari
Description:
From the Ketchikan Daily News, July 22, 1955:
"Hat fashions for 1956 were revealed at the annual hat luncheon of the Ketchikan Garden club yesterday. A live young varied thrush in a nest, a litter bug, a depiction of women's world, and a variety of floral and produce creations were featured. Winners of the various categories posed for this photo. Seated, left to right: Bess Mancell, Francis Baker, Floy Wingren, Marietta Blazek; standing: Aubine Doyle, Janet Borgen, Alice Hansen, Jo Todd, and Margaret Clarison."
Collection:
Ketchikan Museums: Paulu T. Saari Collection, KM 2003.2.63.739
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Ketchikan Garden Club Ketchikan Garden Club "Hat Parade"